every day in the month of may

Friday, April 30, 2010

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My sisters and I (and I am trying to drag a few local friends along) are going to do a green smoothie challenge in the month of May. I've seenthese around the blogosphere but have never hopped on the wagon. In an effort to always try to feel our best we thought this would be fun. (Yes, fun!) So, every day in May we will be blending up some green goodness.I made my first one yesterday while on the phone with my sister. I told her, "this is going to be easy... mine looks like a chocolate shake"! I used 2 cups of frozen fruit (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries) 1 frozen banana, water and 2 cups of packed baby spinach. It was good. Honestly. I bought kale today and plan on mostly using that. Feel free to join along!There will still be cookies baked over here. Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies were this weeks cookie of the week. A home run. Everyone loved them, and I especially loved the dough. Biting into a peanut + chocolate chip = delicious.

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I think the "Green Smoothie" idea sounds great. I am always trying to get in more greens and vegies and for some reason lately I am just feeling run down. This sounds like a good solution, I'm on board as soon as I get to the store for some kale and spinach.

I am definitely making those cookies this weekend. My favorite are oatmeal cookie variations, and my husband's favorite is peanut butter cookies, so this will be the perfect recipe. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the cookie recipe! I need to make these asap. I was trying to be all healthy-like today and make some that tasted like dirt! I'll be watching on the sidelines as you drink the green smoothies...you're a better person than me in this area!

I have been doing the challenge with my family for the past weeks, and I can honestly say that we all feel a difference. We had been drinking them on and off for a few years, but there has been no comparision in drinking them everyday. Hope you enjoy the weekend

Having read your blog for awhile now, I'm often inspired--and today for sure! Maybe the smoothie thing will be just the thing to perk me up a bit.

PS the cookies look good and I had to smile when you said the dough was good--I always taste my doughs (to include bread dough) and batters, figuring if they taste good, then the finished product should too!

Hi Leslie, I am just catching up on many, many blogs. I love green smoothies and Kale is my favorite green in them. Just read back in your posts and love the beautiful dog you have adopted - Trouble! So wonderful :)

Yay! I love to see that you are doing smoothies AND still eating cookies. How fun and to get the kids involved is GREAT! My name is Maria and I have tons of free smoothie recipes on my site if you wish to check it out!www.thegreensmoothiechallenge.comHave a fun month!

I make smoothies for my boys a lot. As long as I put in enough blueberries so it doesn't look green, they'll eat them with broccoli, spinach, kale, swiss chard, whatever! Makes it easier to give them the cookies.

I love green smoothies! I crave them at least 3 times a week. You can also make Kale (spinach, etc.) ice cubes http://sarahs-musings.blogspot.com/2008/01/excuse-me-but-i-think-you-have.htmland throw those in! Yummy and easier to keep around than fresh kale all the time.The cookies look absolutely delicious also.

I've been doing green smoothies for about two weeks now--they are so wonderful. I love being able to stop home in the middle of the day and whip one up and sip it in the afternoon. Much better than coffee. Of course, those cookies look awesome too!

This may be the little push I've been needing! Last summer I started drinking green smoothies - felt great and lost 18 pounds. I gradually fell off the wagon but I've been thinking I need to get with it again.

Mmmm... Smoothies. I always kill my blenders so quickly that I just never bothered to replace the most recent one after its death. I'm wishing I had, though, because I've got a real hankering for a smoothie now!

I already really like green smoothies with spinach, but I'm really interested in hearing how spinach tastes.I like your green smoothie/cookie combo. That's how I want my diet to be. :) Well, maybe not right now..I need to lose weight! But for maintaining, I think balance is a good thing. I'm wishing I had spinach right now so I could start. I wonder how romaine would be!?

My kids and I started drinking them on Saturday morning. We love them... my son thought it was magic that you put 2 cups of spinach in and then it disappears!! I think we'll be doing this for a long time to come!!! Thanks for the idea!

I had my first green smoothie this morning -- and I mean really green. My sister and I carpool to work and she got in the car and made the funniest face when she saw it. It was surprisingly good, though!

I'm curious to know how your smoothie with kale turned out. I made one yesterday with blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, banana, soy milk, and spinach. It was fantastic! (Too bad my 18-month-old got a hold of it and drank the last third for me!) Today I made another one exactly the same except using kale as the green. I didn't like it very much. No matter how long I let the blender run, I couldn't get the kale in small enough pieces so I didn't feel like I had to chew. I know you're supposed to vary your greens, but unless I can get kale to blend a bit smoother I think I'll stick to spinach. Any suggestions?

I've had some green drinks from powdered mixes, but I've never done a "real" one with fresh veggies like that- I should try it!And those cookies, I should definitely try those, chocolate and peanut butter is always a winning combination in my book!

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